| Election Name: | 2018 Birmingham City Council election |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Birmingham, United Kingdom.svg |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Birmingham City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Birmingham City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | All 101 seats to Birmingham City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 51 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2018 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 80 |
| Seats After1: | 67 |
| Seat Change1: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 120,083 |
| Percentage1: | 50.2% |
| Swing1: | 0.3% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 29 |
| Seats After2: | 25 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 68,840 |
| Percentage2: | 28.8% |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before4: | 10 |
| Seats After4: | 8 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 33,648 |
| Percentage4: | 14.1% |
| Swing4: | 0.9% |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 10,557 |
| Percentage5: | 4.4% |
| Swing5: | 0.0% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Ian Ward |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Ian Ward |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2018 Birmingham City Council election is one of many local elections that took place in England on 3 May 2018. This was the first 'all-out' election for Birmingham City Council following a boundary review, which reduced the number of councillors from 120 to 101, serving 69 wards (previously 40 wards).[1] [2] Since the election, the city council has been composed of 37 single-member wards and 32 two-member wards.[3]
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day will be entitled to vote in the local elections.[4] A person who has two homes (such as a university student having a term-time address and living at home during holidays) can register to vote at both addresses as long as they are not in the same electoral area, and can vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.[5]
Overall result compared with 2016.
| Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of total | Net | Of total | Net | ||||||||
| Labour Party | 67 | -13 | data-sort-value="" | 120,083 | 50.2% | -0.3% | |||||
| Conservative Party | 25 | -4 | data-sort-value="" | 68,840 | 28.8% | +6.1% | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | -2 | data-sort-value="" | 33,648 | 14.1% | +0.9% | |||||
| Green | 1 | +1 | data-sort-value="" | 10,557 | 4.4% | - | |||||
| Independent | 0 | -1 | data-sort-value="" | 4,765 | 2.0% | +1.6% | |||||
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 0 | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 750 | 0.3% | -0.1% | |||||
| Communist | 0 | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 296 | 0.1% | N/A | |||||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 170 | 0.1% | N/A | |||||
| UK Independence Party | 0 | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 111 | 0.0% | -7.9% | |||||
| The Common Good | 0 | 0 | data-sort-value="" | 72 | 0.0% | N/A | |||||
Prior to the 2018 election, Birmingham City Council was composed of 120 councillors across 40 wards. The council has been controlled by the Labour Party since 2012, which held two-thirds (80) of the seats. The Conservative Party last held sole control of the council in 1984. It was under no overall control from 2003 until 2012, run by a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition from 2003 to 2004 and by a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition from 2004 to 2012.[6]